Oxfam Pilipinas on Tuesday urged the Philippine government to shift heavily towards the use of renewable energy as the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released last night. “The latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation just goes to show that even countries with low greenhouse gas emission contributions should be shutting […]

To shed light on the current situation of unpaid care work in Filipino homes, especially among urban millennials in the BPO sector, Oxfam Pilipinas, with the support of Investing in Women, commissioned The Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) of Miriam College to conduct a study on the issue. The study officially launched Tuesday (March 29) […]

Oxfam Pilipinas has prepared an exciting line-up of online events for the public in celebration of Women’s Month in March and as part of the month-long #HerNowHerFuture campaign. The humanitarian and development organization, which advocates gender equality, will be kicking off the month with an arts festival featuring various performers on March 1, 5 p.m. […]

Humanitarian and development organization Oxfam Pilipinas on Monday expressed concern for Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) survivors who remain in evacuation sites as COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise. “We’ve seen record-high COVID-19 cases in the Philippines in the past weeks. While many of the typhoon-hit families have been able to come home, […]

International humanitarian and development organization Oxfam joins the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)’s commendation of the signing into law of Republic Act (RA) No. 11596, also known as “An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage and Imposing Penalties for Violations Thereof”. “After years of advocacy and lobbying, we finally achieved a historic win. […]

International humanitarian and development organization Oxfam joins the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)’s commendation of the signing into law of Republic Act (RA) No. 11596, also known as “An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage and Imposing Penalties for Violations Thereof”. “After years of advocacy and lobbying, we finally achieved a historic win. […]

Humanitarian group Oxfam Pilipinas on Tuesday called on government and the private sector to prioritize the distribution of shelter repair materials on top of food and water for typhoon-hit communities. “Typhoon survivors already spent Christmas in evacuation centers; let’s not keep them there for New Year’s Day too as we are still battling the COVID-19 […]

Oxfam Pilipinas on Monday echoed local officials in Eastern Visayas calling for immediate assistance for survivors of Super Typhoon Rai (local name:Odette). Super Typhoon Rai, which is the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines this year, has resulted in the deaths of 208 people as of December 20, according to the Philippine National Police. […]

Humanitarian groups distributed through digital cash transfer more than Php 4 million to 2,650 families in 40 barangays in Salcedo, Dolores, Lawaan, Quinapondan and Balangiga towns in Eastern Samar to assist households to prioritize their urgent needs three days before the projected impact of Typhoon Odette (International name Rai). Under the Building Resilient Adaptive and […]

A new international Oxfam report shows an increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world amid the lack of action of governments. The report, The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19, showed the number of calls made by survivors to domestic violence hotlines in ten countries during the […]